Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Official BSG Spoiler Thread, Final Episode #5

Here is this week's BSG Spoiler Thread.

I've only watched the first part of the episode, until the first commercial break, because my poor husband had to work very, very late last night. That said, feel free to leave as many comments as you want in this thread, and I'll moderate them later today.

If you want to discuss the fifth episode of the Final Episodes of Battlestar Galactica, please feel free to do so here.

This is a spoiler-filled thread.

You have been warned. Do not click on the comments, if you do not want to be spoiled. I will put my thoughts in the comments.

7 comments:

As stated in the post, I've only watched up until the first commercial break.... but Anders, you may not be biting the dust, just quite yet. Or at least until you give us some information! I'm looking forward to catching the rest of the episode later today. =)

Over all, a letdown in my opinion, especially after the episodes that preceded it. There was too much exposition, too much history thrown in.

I think the problem was that the writers had to squeeze in a lot of information that they perhaps planned to reveal over a few episodes, but the upcoming end of the series didn't give them that luxury.

I've found it interesting that a lot of my friends reacted negatively to last night's episode, mostly due to the Final Five making the other Cylons, but I loved the episode. And it answered something that had been bugging me for a while: why was there no Seven? Until then, but it bothered me that the mass-produced Cylons were numbered One through Six and then Eight, and I had just assumed that one of the Final Five was Seven. So as odd as I found it that they added a thirteenth cylon to be Seven, it resolved my anal issue with the numbering. Plus, it parallels the addition of the thirteenth tribe--thirteen tribes, thirteen cylon models.

Even creepier then Ellen creating Cavil is Ellen creating Cavil in the image of her father.

The exposition was a little heavy. My first reaction was, "Um, so explain that to me one more time?" However, I was happy to see so much information revealed. Episodes from previous seasons have often felt like they were hiding info in order to stretch things out.

I think Anders will definitely be okay. But until that happens, there's probably going to be some nasty bickering between Tigh and Kara about letting Anders get the operation before he was done talking.

To my surprise Ellen turned out a little more interesting that I thoughts she would be. I do like the idea that Calvin sent the final five to live amongst humans and suffer. He's definitely crueler than I thought.